VP Robredo confirms attendance at Pres. Duterte’s 3rd SONA

FILE PHOTO: The first meeting of Vice President Leni Robredo and President Rodrigo Duterte after their inauguration on a military ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, July 01, 2016. (Office of the Vice President)

Camarines Sur — “Mag-a-attend ako kahit yung iba ayaw akong pa-attend-in. Yung iba natatakot daw baka insultuhin ako, baka hiyain ako,” said Vice President Leni Robredo as she confirmed her attendance at the third State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte.

(I will attend [the State of the Nation Address] although others are against it for fear that I will be insulted or shamed.)

She said that as holder of the second highest position in the country, it is her obligation to attend the annual event.

Also, she assured that she won’t get affected in case President Duterte criticizes her in his speech; she said she will accept it instead.

(It [SONA] is like rendering a report on what has been achieved; what has yet to be achieved and why was it not achieved. So all Filipino citizens should be interested in what the President will report at the SONA.)